کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1686398 1010598 2008 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Dependence of cluster ranges on target cohesive energy: Molecular-dynamics study of energetic Au402 cluster impacts
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد سطوح، پوشش‌ها و فیلم‌ها
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Dependence of cluster ranges on target cohesive energy: Molecular-dynamics study of energetic Au402 cluster impacts
چکیده انگلیسی

It has long been known that the stopping and ranges of atoms and clusters depends on the projectile-target atom mass ratio. Recently, Carroll et al. [S.J. Carroll, P.D. Nellist, R.E. Palmer, S. Hobday, R. Smith, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 2654] proposed that the stopping of clusters also depends on the cohesive energy of the target. We investigate this dependence using a series of molecular-dynamics simulations, in which we systematically change the target cohesive energy, while keeping all other parameters fixed. We focus on the specific case of Au402 cluster impact on van-der-Waals bonded targets. As target, we employ Lennard–Jones materials based on the parameters of Ar, but for which we vary the cohesive energy artificially up to a factor of 20. We show that for small impact energies, E0 ≲ 100 eV/atom, the range D depends on the target cohesive energy U, D ∝ U−β. The exponent β increases with decreasing projectile energy and assumes values up to β = 0.25 for E0 = 10 eV/atom. For higher impact energies, the cluster range becomes independent of the target cohesive energy. These results have their origin in the so-called ‘clearing-the way’ effect of the heavy Au402 cluster; this effect is strongly reduced for E0 ≳ 100 eV/atom when projectile fragmentation sets in, and the fragments are stopped independently of each other. These results are relevant for studies of cluster stopping and ranges in soft matter.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms - Volume 266, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 44–48
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